The "Trail of Tears" Times
A News Outlet for History Buffs
Background Information
Resources
There are videos, websites and a Quizlet to name a few.
Quizlet Link
Chief William McIntosh
Chief John Ross
Sequoyah
Worcester v. Georgia
Check out the websites below for more information and for research!
Nat Geo: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/indian-removal-act
Nat Geo: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/indian-removal-act-and-trail-tears
GPB: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html
NPS: Trail of Tears: https://www.nps.gov/trte/index.htm
Major Ridge House/Chieftains Museum: https://chieftainsmuseum.org/
Etowah Indian Mounds: https://gastateparks.org/EtowahIndianMounds
Chief Vann House: https://gastateparks.org/ChiefVannHouse
New Echota: https://gastateparks.org/NewEchota
Trail of Tears
Sequoyah
New Echota
Link to video about the National Historic Site.
Go visit! It's easy to find just off I-75 at Cartersville!
Videos
Sequoyah & the Creation of the Syllabary
Here is a link to learn more about this very important man!
Important Players in the Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears
John Ridge: Read more about John Ridge, Major Ridge's son at the link at the beginning of the sentence.
Chief John Ross: Read more about the man who played such an important role in Cherokee history from the Georgia days---along the Trail of Tears and in the settlement of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma!
The Cherokee Syllabary created by Sequoyah is below.
The Cherokee Nation Today
Check out the tweets below from July 2022 about Cherokee citizen, Dwight Birdwell---the first Native American to receive the Medal of Honor for his service in the Vietnam War from President Biden.
Birdwell is a former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Chief Justice.